Buffalo Cull in Yellowstone

[PJ Hardtack]

Read on the Canadian Firearms Digest about a proposed buffalo cull in Yellowstone this winter; up to 300 animals this winter. They'd like to cull a total of 1000 animals due to migration into the park and a fear of brucellosis.

The Indians have first dibs under an agreement reached in 2000, but other hunters might get in on it as well. If I lived south of the DMZ, I'd be looking into it.

[Blair]

PJ,

They do these "culls" every so often.

The movie "The Last Hunt" was filmed during just such a cull. I don't remember where this took place exactly.
But, they allow hunters in from all over the world. You just have to get singed up for it, and get there.
They can be kind of like a "canned" hunt because they try to separate out the animals intended for culling.
My best,
Blair

[PJ Hardtack]

I've witnessed a couple of "canned" buffalo kills and participated in the culling of a young bull. Thanks, but no thanks! They were sad spectacles.

A few years back, a lady hunter in northern BC shot a buff FIVE times with her .270. She killed it, but not before it steamrollered her in the snow. She survived because of the deep snow. As a result, the game management folks decided to impose a new reg:

"Ammunition to hunt bison must be constructed with a 175 grain bullet or larger, which retains 2,712 joules (2000 ft lbs.) or more energy at 100m."

This effectively rules out the 44-77 SBN, 45-70 and other BPCR calibres of the buffalo era. Brilliant, huh? Bureaucrats .....

[Blair]

PJ,

I am not at all pleased with the idea of "canned" hunts either. In fact, I hate them!
I just don't know of a better way of describing it.
These ill or otherwise sick animals are herded into a rather small area. They are still free roaming if they choose to run or stay put
I say this based off of what I have seen at such shoots in the past. It does not mean they are being conducted in the same way.
My best,
Blair

[Ranch 13]

The Yellowstone cull is done in a slaughter plant, they run a batch of them into corrals, bangs and tb test them and slaughter the positive tests.